Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • How To Use This Course

    • Before we begin...
  • 2

    Unit 1 - The Most Common Sound in English

  • 3

    Unit 2 - Reductions and Blended Speech

    • Word Stress Overview

    • Common Reductions - Part 1

    • Blended Phrases - Part 1

    • Blended Phrases - Part 2

    • Common Reductions - Part 2

    • Sentences - Part 1

    • Sentences - Part 2

    • Review

    • Unit 2 Feedback
  • 4

    Unit 3 - The American R Sound

    • American R Overview

    • Hearing the Difference

    • UR Drills

    • Practice Words - R and UR

    • Vowels followed by UR

    • R Practice - Mixed Phrases

    • Unit 3 Feedback

  • 5

    Unit 4 - R Extra Practice: Consonant Blends

    • R-Blends - Introduction

    • BR and PR

    • GR and KR

    • DR and TR

    • FR blends

    • SKR and SHR

    • SPR and STR

    • RN and RM

    • RD and RT

    • RK and RKT

    • Unit 4 Feedback
  • 6

    Unit 5 - L

    • Light L

    • Dark L

    • Dark L vs OH sound

    • L-Blends

    • Basic LR and RL Transitions

    • Advanced Transitions (Tongue Twisters)

    • Unit 5 Feedback
  • 7

    Unit 6 - TH

    • TH - Basic Practice

    • TH - Advanced Practice

    • TH vs D

    • TH vs F

    • TH vs T

    • TH vs S

    • THR!!!

    • Unit 6 Feedback
  • 8

    Unit 7 - Past Tense Verbs

    • Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds

    • Past Tense Verb Practice

    • Unit 7 Feedback
  • 9

    Unit 8 - Tea, Sit, Bed

    • Introduction

    • EE as in Tea

    • IH as in Sit

    • Shit vs Sheet

    • EH as in Bed

    • Tea vs Sit vs Bed - Practice

    • Optional: Advanced Practice IH

    • Unit 8 Feedback
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    Unit 9 - Big Mouth Vowels

    • Introduction

    • AH [a] as in “father”

    • A [æ] as in “cat”

    • AI [aɪ] as in my

    • EI [eɪ] as in day

    • Mixed Practice Review

    • Unit 9 Feedback
  • 11

    Unit 10 - AH [ɔ] (Cheat Sheet)

    • AH Cheat Sheet Intro

    • AH Part 1

    • AH Part 2

    • AH Part 3

    • Unit 10 Feedback
  • 12

    Unit 11 - Bed vs Bad

    • Bed vs Bad

    • Unit 11 Feedback
  • 13

    Unit 12 - UH as in BUT

    • UH [ʌ] as in BUT

    • Unit 12 Feedback
  • 14

    Unit 13 - UUH as in BOOK

    • UUH [ʊ] as in book

    • Unit 13 Feedback
  • 15

    Unit 14 - Rounded Lip Vowels

    • Introduction

    • U [u] as in Too

    • [Aʊ] as in Cow

    • [Oʊ] as in go

    • [ɔɪ] as in toy

    • Unit 14 Feedback
  • 16

    Unit 15 - Flap T

    • Flap T - [ɾ]

    • Flap T Feedback
  • 17

    Unit 16 - Stop T

    • Introduction to Stop T

    • Stop T Practice

    • Unit 16 Feedback
  • 18

    Unit 17 - Glottal T

    • Glottal T

    • NT endings!

    • Unit 17 Feedback
  • 19

    Unit 18 - Stop Consonants

    • Stop K

    • Stop P

    • Stop K and P Practice

    • Voiced Endings

    • Unit 18 Feedback
  • 20

    Unit 19 - NT

    • NT Stop

    • NT - Weirdness

    • Unit 19 Feedback
  • 21

    Unit 20 - NG

    • Ng [ŋ] as in thing

    • Troubleshooting NG

    • Unit 20 Feedback
  • 22

    Unit 21 - Mixed Practice Review

    • REVIEW A: STOPS, FLAP T, GLOTTAL T

    • REVIEW B: R & L

    • REVIEW C: SCHWA, BLENDING, REDUCTIONS

    • REVIEW D: PAST, NT, NG

    • REVIEW E: VOWELS 1

    • REVIEW E: VOWELS 2
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